Torture--Does Timing Matter?
Maybe, sometimes, it is permissible to torture so as to prevent truly catastrophic things from happening. Is it sometimes permissible to torture so as to prevent less-than-truly-catastrophic things from happening? Inspired by Frances Kamm, I argue that it is. Treat this result with caution.
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| author | Hare, Caspar |
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| description | Maybe, sometimes, it is permissible to torture so as to prevent truly catastrophic things from happening. Is it sometimes permissible to torture so as to prevent less-than-truly-catastrophic things from happening? Inspired by Frances Kamm, I argue that it is. Treat this result with caution. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1048562022-10-01T00:26:50Z Torture--Does Timing Matter? Hare, Caspar Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Hare, Caspar Maybe, sometimes, it is permissible to torture so as to prevent truly catastrophic things from happening. Is it sometimes permissible to torture so as to prevent less-than-truly-catastrophic things from happening? Inspired by Frances Kamm, I argue that it is. Treat this result with caution. 2016-10-19T18:19:03Z 2016-10-19T18:19:03Z 2014-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1740-4681 1745-5243 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104856 Hare, Caspar. “Torture--Does Timing Matter?” Journal of Moral Philosophy vol. 11, no. 4, July 2014, pp.385–394. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7659-7454 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01104002 Journal of Moral Philosophy Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Brill Academic Publishers MIT web domain |
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